Director, Finance

Western Digital

full-time director San Jose, CA, United States · More jobs in San Jose, California, United States

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Job Description

The Director of Finance will serve as the primary finance lead supporting the Product & Engineering organization. This role is responsible for end-to-end budget planning and analysis, working with senior business partners to enable informed, timely decision-making.

As the key finance partner to Product & Engineering organization, this leader will collaborate closely with leadership of R&D;, Product Management, and Corporate Finance to proactively drive operational excellence for OpEx, CapEx, and Headcount planning.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary finance partner for Product & Engineering budget management.
• Partner closely with Product group executives to translate business and product strategies into financial plans.
• Manage team of 5 financial analysts to support respective functions.
• Responsible for overall headcount planning, non-labor forecasting, and capital expenditure reporting.
• Develop concise, executive-level reporting on R&D; spend, trends, risks, opportunities.
• Lead monthly review meetings with VP and SVP level staff of R&D; orgs.
• Review and approve month-end journal entries related to service POs.
• Partner with business operations teams to understand program level forecasts.